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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.94
নৃত্যাবেশে শ্রীনিবাস কিছুই না জানে ।
বার বার ঠেলে, তেঁহো ক্রোধ হৈল মনে ॥ ৯৪ ॥
nṛtyāveśe śrīnivāsa kichui nā jāne
bāra bāra ṭhele, teṅho krodha haila mane
Absorbed in watching Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu dance, Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura could not understand why he was being touched and pushed. After he was pushed again and again, he became angry.
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Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura was absorbed in watching Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu dance.
He could not understand why he was being touched and pushed.
After being pushed again and again, he became angry.
Public ecstasy with inward longing. The festival’s collective joy carries the profound Vraja mood of meeting and separation.
The mood of Madhya 13 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu divided His saṅkīrtana party into seven divisions. With two mṛdaṅgas in each division, there were altogether fourteen mṛdaṅgas.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 13
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I be more considerate toward someone who is deeply absorbed?
When someone is absorbed in an activity today, wait for their attention rather than repeatedly interrupting.
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